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Back When TV Was Truly Refined

This is funny and sweet. It’s a reminder of how smart + delightful television used to be. So. Very. Calm.

I miss watching TV shows that were in black & white. I miss seeing TV shows that don’t *flash* and *bang* all over the place. I miss being entertained by TV shows that don’t try to impress me with their super hipness.

But mostly I miss the kind of innocence that allowed a pleasant “nobody” to outsmart a panel of curious “somebodies” by merely being herself. With a smile.

kate, I know what you mean. As a society we’ve become desensitized to violence, but not me. I’ll watch some TV shows, but I never go to movies with violence in them. That’s too much hateful emotion for empathetic me.

I so agree with you! All innocence is gone. And everything is so sensationalized.
I also hate the continual streaming of news along the bottom of the screen on a lot of the shows–so distracting!
It’s funny. Tim and I were just talking about old time TV this morning, reminiscing about shows like Lucy’s Toy Shop 🙂

I loved Lucy’s Toy Shop with Pierre and Dragon and George the Giraffe. Plus my favorite, the shy lambie who said her ABCs. I imagine only a handful of people remember that show. Thanks for bringing it up.